Hirscher beats Neureuther to win World Cup

Austrian Marcel Hirscher has held on to his first-run lead to win a men's World Cup night slalom.

Austrian Marcel Hirscher has held on to his commanding first-run lead to win a men's World Cup night slalom.

Hirscher, who also won the previous two editions of the event, finished in a combined time of 1 minute, 55.96 seconds on Tuesday to beat Felix Neureuther by 0.81.

The German remained ahead of Hirscher in the lead of the slalom standings, but Hirscher overtook Kjetil Jansrud of Norway to top the overall standings.

Sebastian-Foss Solevaag of Norway was 1.04 behind in third for his first career World Cup podium.

American skier David Chodounsky, who was third after the opening leg, straddled a gate and failed to finish his second run.


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